The 15 Most Expensive Arenas In The NBA

Getty Images/Spencer Platt The NBA season is underway with the Boston Celtics taking the court for the season's first preseason matchup against Fenerbache Ulker in Istanbul on Friday.

This season in particular marks an exciting change for the NBA as it enters Brooklyn, a market that hasn't been touched since 1957. With the opening of the Barclays Center last weekend for a series of Jay-Z concerts, the NBA has another ritzy arena at its disposal to grow its fanbase in a new area of the country.

The arena was touted as the "World's First Billion Dollar Arena," but the Barclays Center isn't even the class of the bunch. There are some other hefty pieces of real estate that house NBA teams as well.

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15. Pepsi Center ($187 Million)

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Opened: 1999

Tenants: Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Mammoth (NLL)

Capacity: 19,155

Coolest part: The arena is five tiers high with three separate restaurants and guests have a premier view of the Rocky Mountains from the arena's Grand Atrium.

5. Staples Center ($375 Million)

Coolest part: The arena is known to some as the entertainment center of the world and features more than 250 events each year, from the X-Games to the Grammy's, and of course, Lakers and Clippers games.

3. Amway Center ($480 Million)

Coolest part: The front of the arena features an element known as The Spire, which rises 180-feet into the sky and changes colors based on the event inside. Near the top is a lounge that overlooks the city of Orlando.

2. Barclays Center ($1 Billion)

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Opened: 2012

Tenants: Brooklyn Nets

Capacity: 18,200

Coolest part: The circular opening in front of the entrance known as the oculus is a 3,000-foot marquee that displays upcoming events and radiates bright-colors into the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues.

1. Madison Square Garden ($1.1 Billion)

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Opened: 1968

Tenants: New York Knicks, New York Rangers

Capacity: 19,763

Coolest part: Workers just completed the second stage of a three-year $850-million renovation project that will bump the total cost of the arena to over $1 billion. The finished product will have a suspended bridge over the playing surface.